SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9 launch to International Space Station

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – SpaceX on Monday scrubbed its planned Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral due to a helium leak on the rocket’s first stage, the company said Monday.

“A fix will be implemented by the next launch opportunity on Friday April 18, though weather on that date isn’t ideal,” the company said.

The 200-foot reusable Falcon rocket, equipped with a Dragon cargo capsule, had been scheduled to take off at about 4:58 p.m. ET on what would have been its third trip with supplies for the International Space Station, part of a $1.6 billion contract Elon Musk’s private commercial space transport company has signed with NASA.

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